Metacrinus Carpenter 1882 (Sea lily)
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 32616
Parent taxon: Isocrinidae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Archaeoisocrinus, Balanocrininae, Chariocrinus, Hypalocrinus, Isocrininae, Neocrinus
Subtaxa: Metacrinus fossilis, Metacrinus wyvillei
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder